Scum of the Earth: A True Story from the Margins

As a child, Avinashs father, Dagadoo, was beaten for asking for a piece of puranpoli---a sweet too luxurious for his slum home. That moment of humiliation would echo even a generation after; a life shaped by caste, poverty, rage and survival. From bottling plant to dockyard to newsroom, Avinash clawed his way to a white-collar life, but caste never really let go; it only changed its form. Scum of the Earth is a searing tale of growing up on the margins, of addiction and ambition, and of one mans reckoning with